The Fables of Aesop, As First Printed By William Caxton in 1484, With Those of Avian, Alfonso And Poggio
The Fables of Aesop, As First Printed By William Caxton in 1484, With Those of Avian, Alfonso And Poggio
Caxton, William, Ca. 1422-1491 Or 2
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253 of my lyf or my deth / the whiche his frend gaf to hym for to be his wyf with alle fuche goodes as he had of her / the whiche he wedded / and retorned with her in to baldak with grete Joye / but within a whyle after it happed and fortuned fo that this marchaunt of egypte fylle in pouerte / and for to haue fomme confolacion and comforte he tooke his way toward baldak / and fuppofed to goo and fee his frend / And aboute one euen he arryued to the Cyte/ And for as moche that he was not well ar...ayed ne clothed/ he had fhame by daye ly3t to go in to the hows of his Frend / but wente and lodged hym withynne a Temple nyghe to a Frendes hows C It happed thenne that on that fame nyght that he laye there a man llewe another man before the yate or entre of the fayd Temple / wherfore the neyghbours were fore troubled/ And thenne all the peple moeued therof came in to the Temple / wherin they fond no body fauf only thegypcyen / the whiche they toke / and lyke a murderer Interroged hym why he had ilayne that man whiche lay dede before the portall or gate of the temple / He thenne leynge his Infortune and pouerte/ confeifed/ that he had kylled hym / For by caufe of his euyll fortune he wold rather deye than lyue ony more / wher- fore he was had before the Juge / and was con- dempned Digitized by Google 254 T^HE FABLES dempned to be hanged / An(\ whan men ledde hym toward the galhows/ his frend fawe and knewe hym/ and beganne to wepe fore/ remem- biyng the bienfayttes whiche he had done to hym / wherfore he went to the Juflyce and feyd / My lordes this man dyd not the homycyde / For hit was my felf that dyd hit / And therfore ye fholddogrete fynne yf ye dyd put this Innocent and gyltles to dethe / And anone he was take for be had vnto the galhows / And thenne the Egypcyen fayd/ My lordes/ he dyd hit not/ And therfore euylle fhold ye doo to put him to dethe/ And as the two frendes wold haue been hanged eche one for other/ he whiche had done the homycyde came and knewe and confefTyd there his fynne / and adrefled hym felf before the Juftyce and fayd / My lordes / none of them bothe hath done the dede / And therfore punjrflhe not ye thefe Innocents / For I allone ought to here the payne/ whereof all the Juftyfe was gretely meruaylled/ And for the doubte whiche therin was grete / the Juftyce toke them al thre / & le^de them before the kyng And when they had reherced to the kynge all the maner/ after enqueft theupon made / and he knewe the very trouthe of hit / graunted his grace to the murderer / and fo alle thre were delyuerd / And the frend brought his frend in to hys hows/ and receyued hym Joyoully/ and Digitized by Google OF ALFONCE.
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